Re: [PATCH] builtins/test.def: Update string equality operator.

[Chet Ramey]

On 1/31/10 5:26 PM, Mark Polesky wrote:
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> Bash Version: 4.0
> Patch Level: 33
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
>       `help test' output is missing `==' string equality operator.

I'm not going to add it.  The `==' operator was really intended only for
the [[ conditional command; the fact that it works in test is a side
effect.  Let's stick with the Posix syntax.  (No, that doesn't mean I'm
going to remove it from the documentation.)

Chet
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